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Hi there
In a couple of other forums I have read some negeative posts about the NRA. How they are too big for their britches, don't really care about the little guy, blah, blah, blah.
I wanted to share my response on one of those boards with you and generate a little food for thought.
Throw in your ideas please.
The lousy 35 bucks won't break me and if the NRA does something like write an article to make me aware of something then it's worth the 35 bucks.
The best thing you can do for your right to keep and bear arms is to write to every single one of your government officials (from the janitor to the Pres.) every chance you get. Make your elected officials hear your voices.
And I am not blowing smoke . I write a letter and copy/paste to the world at least once a month.
If you can't do that (It takes about a half hour a month)for yourselves, than don't expect much from the NRA for 35 bucks.
merc
Living without liberty is not living
www.tacticalauctions.com
In a couple of other forums I have read some negeative posts about the NRA. How they are too big for their britches, don't really care about the little guy, blah, blah, blah.
I wanted to share my response on one of those boards with you and generate a little food for thought.
Throw in your ideas please.
The lousy 35 bucks won't break me and if the NRA does something like write an article to make me aware of something then it's worth the 35 bucks.
The best thing you can do for your right to keep and bear arms is to write to every single one of your government officials (from the janitor to the Pres.) every chance you get. Make your elected officials hear your voices.
And I am not blowing smoke . I write a letter and copy/paste to the world at least once a month.
If you can't do that (It takes about a half hour a month)for yourselves, than don't expect much from the NRA for 35 bucks.
merc
Living without liberty is not living
www.tacticalauctions.com
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Oral Arguments Heard in NRA's Appeal for Second Amendment Rights of Young Adults
Oral arguments were heard this week in the United Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the case of Jennings v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, in which the NRA is appealing a decision by a federal court in Texas, which held that the Second Amendment doesn't protect the right of young adults to buy firearms from federally licensed dealers.
"The NRA has been engaged in this ongoing fight--not just in Congress and in state legislatures, but also in the courts--for the right of all law-abiding Americans to keep and bear arms. All Americans deserve for their Second Amendment rights to be fully respected. If the law says you're old enough to fight for your country, it should allow 18-20 year old adults to purchase and own a handgun for any lawful purpose," said NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox.
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued the ruling that is being appealed. The plaintiffs are a group of law-abiding 18 to 20-year-old adults who are challenging the federal ban on dealer sales of handguns to persons under 21, who are treated as adults for virtually every other purpose under the law. The lower court wrongly compared the ban to other restrictions the Supreme Court has said would be "presumptively lawful," such as the ban on sales to convicted felons.
The NRA filed a brief on behalf of these law-abiding young adults pointing out that nearly a decade before the U.S. Supreme Court decided District of Columbia v. Heller, the Fifth Circuit itself had held (in the 2001 case of United States v. Emerson) that Second Amendment claims should be decided based on the amendment's history and text. The history of the Founding era makes clear that 18-year-olds were considered adults for purposes of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms; for example, the Militia Act of 1792 required 18-year-olds to "be enrolled in the militia" and to arm themselves accordingly.
A parallel case, challenging the state of Texas's age limit of 21 for issuance of concealed handgun licenses, is also pending in the Fifth Circuit.
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It just doesn't make sense on any level to keep 18 year olds from owning handguns. Aren't pistols standard issue in the military these days?
Since when does rulings by judges have to make sense. 18 year olds can not buy beer or enter a casino in most states I've been in yet are deemed mature enough to join the military and be roadside bomb fodder.
quote:Originally posted by Mr. Perfect
It just doesn't make sense on any level to keep 18 year olds from owning handguns. Aren't pistols standard issue in the military these days?
Since when does rulings by judges have to make sense. 18 year olds can not buy beer or enter a casino in most states I've been in yet are deemed mature enough to join the military and be roadside bomb fodder.
The issues you pair have nothing to do with one another.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
quote:Originally posted by BGHillbilly
quote:Originally posted by Mr. Perfect
It just doesn't make sense on any level to keep 18 year olds from owning handguns. Aren't pistols standard issue in the military these days?
Since when does rulings by judges have to make sense. 18 year olds can not buy beer or enter a casino in most states I've been in yet are deemed mature enough to join the military and be roadside bomb fodder.
The issues you pair have nothing to do with one another.
Your right they themselves are unrelated. Except the USA seems to have a hard time determining when young folks become responsible adults. Seems if it involves limiting thier rights regarding gun/ammo purchases, alcohol, gambling, driving an auto, and concealed carry permits, adulthood and the privilages it carries comes later than when enlisting as cannon fodder and trying 8-12 year olds as adults.